Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-21
The Midland & West
ern Railway
Company.
Sheriff's Proclamation and Notice of
A Special Election in Barton
County Kansas.

70 the qualified Yo;ers OF Barton county, Kansas:
AT a meeting OF the Board of County Commits
sioners of Barton county. Kansas held at the Office
of the County Clerk, of said county, in the City
Great Bend, Barton county, Kansas Present: w
w. Carney, Chairman, and Henry Schwier ana
Charles \. Willms, all being and comprising the
Board of County Commissioners, of Barton county
Kansas; Said meeting having been held on the 29tf
ceedings had and ordered entered of record Oh
the journal of said board:
JOURNAL ENTRY.
Office of the County Clerk, of Barton county Kan
sas, June 30. ~ ID. 1887. AT O'Clock p. III. of said
day.
And now to-wit June 30. 4. d. 1887, at 3 O. clock
p m of said day, at the office of the county clerk
of Barton county, State of Kansas, came w. W
Carney, chairman of the board of county commits
sioners, OF Barton county, Stafe of Kansas, and
Henry Schwier and Charles y. Willms, the other
two members of said board of county commissioners
and also Ed L. iced, county clerk of the County OF
Barton, State of Kansas present, all being and
constituting the board of county commissioners i'll
and for the County of Barton State of Kansas
And said board being duly and regularly con-
vened in special session. by law provided the De-
titon for such special session being duly addressed
State of Kansas, and being duly signed by said
Henry Schwier and Charles a. wilkins, and being
III words and figures as follows, to-wit:
PETITION "a"
Petition for special session of the board of county
commissioners, of Barton county.
To w. w. Carney, chairman of board of county
commissioners, OF Barton county. Kansas:
SIR:-We, the undersi:- ned members of said
board, of which you are ci i'rman, request you 10
call special session of safe BOARD to consider petit
ton of tax PAYERS, of said cinty praying that said
board duly convene and oi special election in
said county TO submit To the qualified of said
county proposition tT subscribe SIPS 900 to the
capital stock of the Nil! md x Western Railway
company, condition. out il said petition,
such special session TO Ice earliest practicable
ment. The said special session being of interest TO
said County of Barton.
Dated: June 90, a. ID. 1881, ut O'Clock D. NJ
HENRY SCHWIER, Commisr.
CHAS. a. WILKINS, Commisr.
Attest: ED L. TEED,
County Clerk Barton county, Kan
And said w. W. Carney, chairman did in purstl-
auce TO such request, duly issue his call as such
chairman for such special session of said board and
service of said call was duly made said other two
members of said board, Henry Schwier and Charles
A. Willms, said call being to-wit:
CALL "B''
To Henry Schwier and Charles A. WiIlms members
of board of county commissioners, in and for said
County of Barton, State of Kansas:
GENTS:-ln pursuance TO the above and foregoing
request, l order that the board aforesaid duly con-
vene in special session June 20, A. ID. 1881 at ,
O'Clock p m. of said day to consider matters men
toned IN said petition, said matter beBgof interest
TO said county. Said session to be at the Office of
Bend, Kansas.
Done June 20, A. D. 1887, at O'Clock D. H. of
said day.
WV. CARNEY
Chairman Board of Commissioners
Attest: ED L. TEED,
County Clerk Barton county, Kan.
And the acceptance thereof said other two MEM
bers being as follows:
SERVICE &C"
We, the undersigned members of the board of
county commissioners. of said Barton county, do
hereby acknowledge Tue, legal and timely service
on each OF us at Great Bend Kansas in said county
on the 18th day Of June, A. d. 1851, at O'Clock p.